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> Why is the solution to live in better designed cities instead of better designed suburbs? Are cities still necessary given the modern conditions? North Ameri
by throw0101a 4y ago
> Why is the solution to live in better designed cities instead of better designed suburbs? Are cities still necessary given the modern conditions?
North American stopped building "better designed suburbs" post-WW2 when everything went car centric. Before that we had:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streetcar_suburb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streetcar_suburb
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWsGBRdK2N0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWsGBRdK2N0
Anything car-centric is worse designed. That does not mean we have to ban cars 100%, but simply design things so the car is an option rather than a necessity.